What kind of pre-enshittification tech do you all use? Stuff where ppl look at you like you’re an alien b/c nobody does it that any more.

Me ->

Oldschool offline mp3 player rather than Spottify or other streaming or phone app, to use when running.

Paper books rather than e-books.

DRM free games I buy on GOG to avoid rootkitting my own comp.

Wired speakers rather than smart speakers.

Old ass pre-connected car.

Prob more but I can’t think of it all rn.

  • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    3 days ago

    i genuinely don’t understand why people ‘self-host.’

    I self host an XMPP server for family and friends. No electron anywhere near it. It’s tiny, will run on a potato. But it’s ample for the 16-ish of us on the thing.

    I do it because it let us avoid big tech surveilence IM services.

    I also self host web pages. I am 100% sure they have no tracking pixels, no analytics scripts, no enshittification of any kind. The moment I use a commercial “build your web site with our super easy app!” thing, enshittification gets bundled right in behind the scenes.